Edward Patrick BOLAND

(1911-2001)

BOLAND, Edward Patrick, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., October 1, 1911; graduated from Central High School,
Springfield, Mass., 1928; attended Bay Path Institute, Longmeadow,
Mass.; attended Boston College Law School, Boston, Mass.; United
States Army, 1942-1946; member of the Massachusetts state house of
representatives, 1934-1940; register of deeds for Hampden County,
Mass., 1941-1952; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-third and to
the seventeen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1953-January 3,
1989); chairman, Select Committee on Intelligence (Ninety-fifth
through Ninety-eighth Congresses); was not a candidate for
renomination to the One Hundred First Congress in 1988; died on
November 4, 2001, in Springfield, Mass.; interment in St.
Michael’s Cemetery, Springfield, Mass.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present